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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - A Symbol
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THE mason`s trade                Observe them well,

Resembles life,                  And watch them revealing

With all its strife,—           How solemn feeling
Is like the stir made            And wonderment swell

 By man on earth`s face.         The hearts of the brave.

Though weal and woe               The voice of the blest,

The future may hide,              And of spirits on high

Unterrified                       Seems loudly to cry:
We onward go                      "To do what is best,

In ne`er changing race.           Unceasing endeavour!

A veil of dread                   "In silence eterne

Hangs heavier still.              Here chaplets are twin`d,

Deep slumbers fill                That each noble mind
The stars over-head,              Its guerdon may earn.—

And the foot-trodden grave.       Then hope ye for ever!"
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